Ironing table



June 16, 1925.

K. B. OLANDER IRONING TABLE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 28, 19:23

I N vENT'oR: KEMUEL B OLA D Y'Z .M A A TTORNE Jul-1e16, 1925.

K. B. OLANDER v IRONING TABLE Filed Sept. 23,

1925 2 Sheets-Shoat 2 INVENTOR'.

. KEMUELB. OLANDER.

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Patented June 16, 1925.

" un-Iran STATES OFFICE.

I KEMunL nonsense, '01; ivrrnnnnronis, rarnnnsora.

Application filed September 28, 1923. Serial No. 665,440.

To all 407mm r 2, may] concern:

Be it known that I, KEMUEL B. Oil-Alanna, a citizen of t he UnitedStates, residing" at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin an d Stateof h liinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. inIroning ilables, of WliICll, the following IS a specii My inventionrelates to ironing tables, and

an object to provide a folding ironing table e f-simple and" strongconstruction which can. "be readily folded into compact form, and whichcan be quickly unfolded in such'mianner as to firmly support the ironingboard in horizontal position.

The full objects and advantages of rny invention will appear inconnection with the detailed"description, andthe novel features of myinventive ic'lea will be particularly pfiinted Out in theclaims. i i

In the accompanying "drawings, Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of theironing table in set up conc'l ition; Fig. 2 is a longitudi-. nalsectional view showing thetable infolded condition withthe ironing.boardlowermost. Fig. 3 is a botton'rplan vie-w showing the table infolded condition. Fig. 4- is a bottom plan View showing the table as itappears 1 inset up condition. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary View in section onthe line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view in section on theline 6-6 of Fig. 1.

As shown in the drawings, I provide an ironing board 10. to. the underside of which near the front end there is secured a metal strip 12having ends 131 which are bent at right angles to the body portion ofthe strip. Angle pieces or members 16 are attached to the ends 14 bypivot pins 18 which extend through the inner portions of the anglepieces. To the outer portions of these angle pieces front legs 20 aresecured'by rivets 22. It will be apparent from Figs. 1 and 3 that whenthe device is set up the upper ends of the legs 20 come against thelower surface of the board 10 so that the latter is firmly supported, Asbest shown in Fig. 3, the legs 20 are braced by a pair of cross braces24-. The pivot pins 18 also extend through the front portion of arearwardly extending support consisting of two bars 26 so that thesepins serve as pivots for the bars 26 as well as for the angle pieces 16.The bars 26 converge rearwardly and their ends are fastened together sothat they rest upon the floor at a common point when the device is setup; Two pairs of toggle arms 28 and 30 are hingedtogether by hinges Theup- .per ends of the arms 28 are'attached to an intermediate portion ofthe board 10 by hinges 3 t and the lower. ends of the arms 36 arepivoted to the legs 20 toward the lower;ends thereof by thefollowingdevice as best shown in Fig. 6. U shaped pieces 36 are secured to legs2-0 by rivets 38 while pivot .p'ins' a0 extend through the interme- -diate portions of the U-shaped piecesand through the ends Of tllQiilETlS30. A bent rod 12'is fastened to the jbaYs'QG and it has portions whichact stops to engage the arms 28 whenjthe device isset up. Connectingbars46 are pivotally attached to the lower ends of the'ha'rs 26 and to theinterme diateportions of the arms 30. V

The operation and advantages of any invention will now be obviouslvhenthe device 'isin the setup position shown in Fig. 1, the pairs of togglearms QS and 30 are in alinement and-the device is-supported by the twofront-legs 20 and the rear ends of the bars-26' resting upon "thefloor." The device is- "firmlysupported due to the fact that the stopsas carriedby the bars 26 are engaged with the upper :toggle arms 28"while the lowerends of the bars26 are connected by the bars 46 with thetoggle arms 30. The table is therefore firmly braced and supported sincethe rear thereof can be depressed only in case the front end is at thesame time lifted. In order to fold the device, it is necessary toinitiate the folding operation by moving the bars 26 in the direction ofthe arrow A. This movement by means of the connecting bars 46 causes aforward thrust to be exerted on the toggle arms 30 so that 9 these armsswing forwardly in the direction of the arrow B and the arm 28 swingforwardly in the direction of the arrow C. This folding operation ismost conveniently performed by tipping therear of the table upwardly sothat the bars 26 are lifted from the floor and then by grasping the bars26 the folding operation is initiated as stated. the lower ends of thefront legs 20 being maintained in engagement with the floor. As soon asthe toggle arms have passed their dead centers, the bars 26 are swung upinto engagement with'the lower surface of the board 10. This operationresults in bringing the parts very quickly and with small effort on thepart of the operator, into the completely IEOldBChHP condition shown inFig. 2 so that the device may be readily stored as well as being placedin condition for shipping. By referring to this figure, it will be seenthat the toggle arms 28 rest upon the board 10 and that the toggle arms80 rest upon the arms 28. The legs 20 are disposed outside the togglearms and the bars 26 are disposed inside the toggle arms. On account ofthe fact that the bars 4:6 connect the lower ends of the bars 36 withintermediate portions of the arms 30. the table can be quickly foldedand unfolded by manipulation of the bar: 26 by the operator who graspsthese bars at their rear end.

I claim:

1. An ironing table comprising an ironing board, a pair of legspivotally attached to the front of said board, a rearwardly extendingsupport pivotally attached to the front of said board and occupying adownwardly inclined position when the table is set up for use, togglearms hinged together and having the upper arm hinged to an intermediateportion of said board and the lower arm hinged to said legs near theirlower ends, a stop carried by said support and adapted to engage thelower side of said toggle arms, and a cgnnecting bar pivoted at one endto the rear portion of said support and pivoted at the other end to anintermediate portion of said lower arm.

2. An ironing table comprising an ironing board, a pair of legspivotally attached to the front of said board, a rearwardly extendingsup )ort pivotally attached to the front of said board and consisting oftwo bars converging so as to meet at their rear ends and occupying adownwardly inclined position when the table is set up for use, two pairsof toggle arms hinged together and having the upper arms hinged to anintermediate portion of said board and the lower arms hinged to saidlegs near their lower ends, stops carried by said bars and adapted toengage the lower sides of said toggle arms, and connecting bars pivotedat their rear ends to the rear portions of said supporting bars andpivoted at their-front ends to the intermediate portions of said lowearms.

3. Au ironing table comprising an ironing board, a transverse stripattached to the lower side of said board near its front end, said striphaving ends bent therefrom at right angles, pivot pins mounted in saidends, angle members mounted on the outer ends of said pivot pins, legsattached to said angle members, a rearwardly extending supportconsisting of two bars mounted on the inner ends of said pivot pins,said bars converging so as to meet at their rear ends and occupying adownwardly inclined position when the table is set up for use, two pairsof toggle arms hinged together and having the upper arms hinged to anintern'iediate portion of said board and the lower arms hinged to saidlegs near their lower ends, stops carried by said bars adapted to engagethe lower sides of said toggle arms and connecting bars pivoted at theirrear ends to the rear portions of said supporting bars and pivoted attheir front ends to intermediate portions of said lower arms.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

KEMUEL B OLANDER.

